How this whole thing started

Our first ever photo together, with fellow UBC AWP grad students 

A rogue photo together in our shared windowless office at UBC, right before Alexi left for Japan

The night of our first official "date" in English Bay

Our first hike together at Lindeman Lake

Our first camping trip together, at Birkenhead Lake, before we owned a tarp

Another Covid date, hiking at St. Mark's Summit

A camping trip to Golden Ears (which quickly became one of our favourite places)

Our first backcountry trip, where Alexi met some of Anna's friends and we began the tradition of hiking for Alexi's birthday

Our first roadtrip from Vancouver to Kenora

Alexi's first fish fry at Lake of the Woods

Camping at Golden Ears once more, we learned that it always rains when we go camping, and decided to invest in a tarp.

Yet another Covid hiking date, this time in Lynn Valley

Making perogies at Anna's apartment in preparation for a Covid Christmas spent in Vancouver

 A winter hike with friends, at Eagle Bluffs... can you tell we like hiking yet? 

We moved in together, into an awesome apartment in the West End of downtown! The camping chairs came in handy for a while. 

A date at the Britannia mining museum near Squamish.. maybe our best Covid date ever? 

Our first two-night backcountry trip, on the Heather Trail

Doing the cross-country roadtrip to Kenora once more, camping in Dinosaur Park along the way

Our first LOWISA sailing regatta, complete with plenty of camping on Lake of the Woods

A challenging backcountry trip to Wedgemount Lake with our "Safe Six" buddies

A trip to Victoria for Anna's birthday, where we discovered our love for high tea

Alexi experiences Kenora in the winter

Spending a weekend glamping in Tofino for our anniversary

Our first time in Switzerland, on a quick layover on our way to North Macedonia

Our first time in Greece together, exploring Thessaloniki, Paros, Naxos, and Mykonos

Back in Victoria for another birthday

Spending Christmas in Vancouver with Kevin

We moved to Bern, Switzerland for 3 months!

A weekend spent in Paris on our way home

Anna finished her PhD!

Taking Beth on her first backcountry trip to Garibaldi Lake and Panorama Ridge 

Another backcountry trip to Russet Lake for Alexi's birthday 

We took a roadtrip through Croatia from Split to Dubrovnik 

We got engaged in Korcula!! :)

We returned to Greece, this time visiting Athens, Zakynthos, Milos, and Sifnos with family

Getting the keys to our apartment in California, and celebrating our first time having in-unit laundry

We left our West End apartment in Vancouver for good, and moved to Redwood City for Anna's new job at Stanford

We finally got an engagement ring made in Vancouver :)

Our first visit to Fernie

We became an aunt and uncle!

We visited Island Lake Lodge and chose it as our wedding venue! We can't wait to be back there with everyone :)